ECMO Specialist

Location: Austin, TX

Facility: Dell Children's Medical Center

Department: Pulmonary Diagnostics - Core ECMO Team

Schedule: Rotating shift | Full-time | 3-12s

• Manage specialized life support: Operate extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuits and manage therapy according to physician orders to sustain critically ill patients.
• Monitor circuit and pump performance: Continuously track pump functioning, safeguard circuit integrity and administer ordered blood products, medications and fluids to maintain physiological stability.
• Optimize patient biochemistry: Evaluate anticoagulation status, electrolytes and blood-gas values in real time, making precise adjustments to maintain target clinical parameters.
• Mentor future clinical experts: Precept and train incoming ECMO team members to foster clinical excellence, high safety standards and strong team cohesion.
• Maintain detailed clinical records: Document complex patient parameters and clinical procedures accurately to ensure seamless continuity of care and compliant record-keeping.

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• One or more of the following:
  • Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
  • Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner credentialed from the Texas Department of State Health Services obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
  • Respiratory Care Practitioner credentialed from the Texas Respiratory Care Practitioners
    Certification Program obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
  • Respiratory Therapist specializing in Registered credentialed from the National Board for
    Respiratory Care (NBRC) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's
  degree/Technical degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

• Previous Pediatric ECMO Specialist experience strongly preferred.
• Critical Care experience in a fast paced hospital setting